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# SYNOPSIS
#
#   AX_TLS
#
# DESCRIPTION
#
#   Provides a test for the compiler support of thread local storage (TLS)
#   extensions. Defines TLS if it is found. Currently only knows about GCC
#   and MSVC. I think SunPro uses the same as GCC, and Borland apparently
#   supports either.
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#   Copyright (c) 2008 Alan Woodland <ajw05@aber.ac.uk>
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AC_DEFUN([AX_TLS], [
  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for thread local storage specifier)
  AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_tls, [
    ax_tls_keywords="__thread __declspec(thread) none"
    for ax_tls_keyword in $ax_tls_keywords; do
       case $ax_tls_keyword in
          none) ac_cv_tls=none ; break ;;
	  *)
             # MPICH modification: This was an AC_TRY_COMPILE before, but
             # Darwin with non-standard compilers will accept __thread at
             # compile time but fail to link due to an undefined
             # "__emutls_get_address" symbol unless -lgcc_eh is added to the
             # link line.
             AC_LINK_IFELSE(
                 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([$ax_tls_keyword int bar = 5;],[++bar;])],
                 [ac_cv_tls=$ax_tls_keyword],
                 [ac_cv_tls=none])

	     # MPICH modification: Also test with the extern keyword.
	     # The intel compiler on Darwin (at least as of 15.0.1)
	     # seems to break with the above error when the extern
	     # keyword is specified in shared library builds.
	     PAC_PUSH_FLAG([LIBS])
	     PAC_APPEND_FLAG([-shared],[LIBS])
	     if test "$ac_cv_tls" != "none" ; then
                AC_LINK_IFELSE(
			[AC_LANG_PROGRAM([extern $ax_tls_keyword int bar;],[++bar;])],
                        [ac_cv_tls=$ax_tls_keyword],
                        [ac_cv_tls=none])
	     fi
	     PAC_POP_FLAG([LIBS])

	     if test "$ac_cv_tls" != "none" ; then break ; fi
          esac
    done
])

  if test "$ac_cv_tls" != "none"; then
    # MPICH modification: this was "TLS" before instead of
    # "MPICH_TLS_SPECIFIER", but TLS had a reasonably high chance of conflicting
    # with a system library.
    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([MPICH_TLS_SPECIFIER], $ac_cv_tls, [If the compiler supports a TLS storage class define it to that here])
  fi
  AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_tls)
])